Cookery book and general axioms for plain cookery

Sliced candied peel to taste. Method : — The same as for the buns, but baked in a cake tin, about 2 hours, or until a skewer comes out quite clean. EXETER STEW. Ingredients : — 1 lb. shin of beef. 3 or 4 good-sized carrots. 2 or 3 good-sized turnips. 1 pint brown gravy. About -I, gill of vinegar. Salt and pepper. A few sprigs of parsley. Method : — Cut the meat into nice pieces, and lay them in the vinegar. Make the Brown Gravy (page 42), add more onions, but do not strain it, take the meat out of the vinegar and lay it in a stew-pan or jar, pour the hot gravy over, and stew very gently from 2 to 4 hours, as the meat needs it. Prepare the carrots and turnips, and cut them into strips about 2 inches long and \ inch thick, steam or boil gently in salt and water (just sufficient to cover them) | hour, or until quite soft. For serving, put the meat and gravy on to a hot dish, and pile the vegetables as high as possible on the top, putting a sprig of parsley here and there. N.B. — (1) This makes a very tempting-looking stew, and tough steak is nice done in the same manner, but would not require so long cooking. (2) Parsnips could be used instead of turnips for a change, and these vegetables are all delicious steamed, and then none of the good properties are lost. (3) If the meat is from the lower part of the shin, which is often very tough, it is better to leave it in the vinegar a few minutes. SI SWISS PUDDING. Ingredients : — 1 lb. apples. About 6 oz. bread crumbs. 1 egg- 1 oz. moist sugar, or to taste. 1 oz. butter. 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls of cold water. Method : — Peel, core and cut up the apples, put them into a small saucepan with the sugar and water, and stew to a soft pulp. Separate the egg, add the yolk to the apples, stirring well, beat the white to a stiff froth, and stir it in lightly. Butter a pie-dish well (H pint size), line it with crumbs (1 inch thick at the bottom and as many as will adhere to the sides), put the mixture in, cover with crumbs, and put what butter is left on the top in small pieces. Bake in a quick oven about 20 minutes — the crumbs should be nicely browned — turn it out carefully on to a hot dish and dredge with white sugar. Serve it with Apple Syrup. N.B. — (1) Invalids usually enjoy this pudding very much, ' and it is nice for anyone who cannot take pastry. (2) The egg can be omitted and lump sugar rubbed on an orange or lemon, or any other flavouring can be added. FRIED CHOPS OR STEAKS. Method : — Trim the chops and put a little of the fat into a frying-pan ; when quite hot put the meat in, let it remain one , minute to seal up the juices, then turn it with a knife and spoon (not a fork), and seal up the juices on the other side in the same way. Then cook it as slowly as possible from 10 to 20 minutes, according to the thickness. The more slowly it is cooked after the first two minutes and the more frequently it is turned, the more tender it will be. If there is no fat with the steak use a small piece of nice dripping, just to moisten the pan. If pork chops, serve with Apple Sauce. APPLE SAUCE. Ingredients : — 6 apples. - Sugar to taste. About 2 tablespoonfuls water. Method : — Peel, core, and quarter the apples, put them in a saucepan with the cold water and sugar, and simmer until quite soft ; beat well, pour into a tureen, and serve hot.